x-posted and a bit over-due
Alright. I've long thought it (as I'm sure have you). A lot of parents out there today suck. If there was a test to apply for the right to become parents (like there should be) oh so many of them I expect would and should fail. So, readers, whether you be new readers or old, parents or childless, please please take notice.
Barnes & Noble, the Apple Store, or any other kind of establishment is not, nor will ever be, a baby-sitting service or daycare center. Therefore, do not, I repeat, DO NOT leave your children expecting the employees of the fine establishment that you are or are not pay patronage to (most likely the latter).
(Forgive me for at this point in my rant I'll be narrating in the first person.)
It is certainly not in our job description to take care of and keep constant watch over your children nor are we formally trained to do so. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR CHILDREN. And I'm sorry to say, any ill that might happen on your child, no matter how unfortunate, that occurs when they are in your care outside of home, is at least a good percentage your fault. I'm sorry, I know that's quite cold and heartless, but it's the truth.
Speaking as a Barnes & Noble employee, the kind employees at Barnes & Noble (as I'm sure at any establishment) are more than eager to assist you in finding the child that you've lost, if you so need our assistance. However, we are a little busy doing OUR JOBS that include finding your books, putting back the books you've so graciously decided to pull off our shelves and leave in a stack somewhere, or clean up the mess your child has made in your absence.
So, I offer advice to hopefully remedy this unhappy situation.
Your children are precious. They are an extension of you, whether you like it or not. Please please please take care of them and watch over them. Treat them like the precious treasure they are and should be to you.
(I just wanted to put a side-note here that I am pro-choice, so the advice applies to those that make the choice to bring their child into existence. I'm fully aware of unfortunate circumstances, sadly it doesn't really excuse you from the responsibility you've been given.)
In closing, I think I can only hope that this rant might somehow bring a little peace and morality into the world. That it might have been able to bring a form of defense against the unfortunate evils in this world.
Barnes & Noble, the Apple Store, or any other kind of establishment is not, nor will ever be, a baby-sitting service or daycare center. Therefore, do not, I repeat, DO NOT leave your children expecting the employees of the fine establishment that you are or are not pay patronage to (most likely the latter).
(Forgive me for at this point in my rant I'll be narrating in the first person.)
It is certainly not in our job description to take care of and keep constant watch over your children nor are we formally trained to do so. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR CHILDREN. And I'm sorry to say, any ill that might happen on your child, no matter how unfortunate, that occurs when they are in your care outside of home, is at least a good percentage your fault. I'm sorry, I know that's quite cold and heartless, but it's the truth.
Speaking as a Barnes & Noble employee, the kind employees at Barnes & Noble (as I'm sure at any establishment) are more than eager to assist you in finding the child that you've lost, if you so need our assistance. However, we are a little busy doing OUR JOBS that include finding your books, putting back the books you've so graciously decided to pull off our shelves and leave in a stack somewhere, or clean up the mess your child has made in your absence.
So, I offer advice to hopefully remedy this unhappy situation.
Your children are precious. They are an extension of you, whether you like it or not. Please please please take care of them and watch over them. Treat them like the precious treasure they are and should be to you.
(I just wanted to put a side-note here that I am pro-choice, so the advice applies to those that make the choice to bring their child into existence. I'm fully aware of unfortunate circumstances, sadly it doesn't really excuse you from the responsibility you've been given.)
In closing, I think I can only hope that this rant might somehow bring a little peace and morality into the world. That it might have been able to bring a form of defense against the unfortunate evils in this world.